Improvement in bedsteads



SIMON CARO, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. llg, dated December 31,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON CARO, of the city of Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Im provementsin Bedsteads; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bedstead which can be extended sidewise so as to form either asingle or double bed, as desired, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing which formsa part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my bedstead; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; and Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section through line a a, Fig. 2. A represents thehead -`board 5 B, the footboard; C C, the posts; and D D, the side railsof my bedstead. These parts may be m'ade plain or ornamented, and of anysize desired, according to the size of the bed Wanted. The side rails DD are attached to their respective posts C in any of the known and usualWays. The posts C C are not attached to or form part of the head andfoot boards, as is usually the case, but are separate therefrom, andhave each, on its inner side, a board or wing, G,

attached to it, which wings are to slide 'in the end boards. The endboards A and B are for this purpose made double, with sufficient spacebetween the two Walls to allow of these Wings G G sliding back andforth. In the center of this space mentioned is a vertical slat orpartition, a, to prevent the wing from one side from interfering withthe Wing on the other side. I I represent the slats, which are attachedalternately to the two side pieces D D by dovetailed joints or othersuitable means, so that the slats will follow their respective siderails, as they may b'e moved out or in. The slats I I rest upon acenter-bar, E, connectingthe head and foot boards, as shown, and on saidcentenbar, between the slats, are guide-blocks b b, to prevent them fromcoming. out of their regular places.

A bedstead constructed in this manner may be closed up to make a narrowsingle bed, or extended to make a Wide double bed, and will be of greatconvenience, not only in hotels and boarding-houses, for which it ismainly designed, but also in private families.

Under the center of both the head and foot board is a leg, H, to formcenter. supports, which legs may be curved inward under the bed, andthus be out of sight.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the posts and side rails of a bedstead, the doublehead and foot boards A B, wings G Cr attached to the posts and slidingin said head and foot boards, the veri tical partition a, the slats I Iattached alternately to the side rails and resting upon the center-bar Ehaving guide-blocks bb, and the central swinging foot H, all constructedas described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of December, 1872.

SIMON CARO. Witnesses:

MICH, Homan, JOHN T. LACY.

